to expound on that. we’re talking about a junior in a psychology major. It’s a science heavy major.
She should know how to:
cite sources
Discern good sources from bad.
understand that the bible is not a good source for psychology.
know how to right a fucking essay and answer the question that was being asked.
There were all of two sentences relating to the article which she was supposed to talk about. Those two sentences were basically “I disagree with this article”.
Her only source- if you want to call it a source- was the bible. But she didn’t even bother cite specific parts of the bible, just waxed inelegantly about “traditional” gender norms and insisting that bullying people because they weren’t cisgendered is good. (which is what the article was about, IIRC, bullying of noncis kids in middleschool.)
to expound on that. we’re talking about a junior in a psychology major. It’s a science heavy major.
She should know how to:
There were all of two sentences relating to the article which she was supposed to talk about. Those two sentences were basically “I disagree with this article”.
Her only source- if you want to call it a source- was the bible. But she didn’t even bother cite specific parts of the bible, just waxed inelegantly about “traditional” gender norms and insisting that bullying people because they weren’t cisgendered is good. (which is what the article was about, IIRC, bullying of noncis kids in middleschool.)
(for people interested, Forest Valkai has a good break down on the essay, and why she failed
OU offers both a BA and a BS in psychology, so she might be on the less science-heavy track
That’s an essay I would have been failed for in high school. A ba in psych is still going to be science heavy.
The teachers were right to fail her and it’s pretty clear that OU is punishing them anyways.
Because the student is a crisis actor who ran to Turing Point to pretend she was some how persecuted for her beliefs.
Oh I absolutely agree she deserved a 0
I’m just not surprised to see students not knowing how to vet sources and understand research
Like, one of the first classes they make you take is exactly how to do that. Though, I don’t find it surprising either. I find it depressing.